Rectangular text selections in OS X

i just found a nice OS X feature by accident. Hold down command and option (you’ll see the cursor change to a crosshair) then drag-select some text in a web textarea. It will select a rectangular area, just like a cmd-opt-4 screen grab, but for text. Not sure if this works in any other contexts.

Another neat feature I read about recently is very cute: place your mouse over a word (in pretty much any app), then hit command-control-d, and it will pop-up a neat little word definition panel.

SalesForce AppExchange launch

I went along to this big release bash for AppExchange. It’s really pretty good, looks like SalesForce should have some great success. It also made it very clear that we should really be getting some apps on it (building on Smartmessages experience) sooner rather than later, especially if you’re entertained by the the prospect of “sticking it to the man” that is Microsoft!
They put on a very good show. All the top management were approachable and helpful, as were many of the partners exhibiting there.